Birth Name: Manjunath Shekhar Suman
DOB: 14 Jun, 1960
Status: Married to Alka Kapoor
Debut Movie: Utsav
Marriages: One
Most Remembered for: His show Movers & Shakers on TV.
Litigations involved: None
Jail terms served: None
Biography:
Shekhar Suman started as an television actor with serial Wah Janab.
After which he did his debut in Shashi Kapoor's Utsav for which his
performance was appreciated by the critics although the film bombed at
the box-office. However, after some time Shekhar disappeared from the
entertainment industry and returned to television with Dekh Bhai Dekh
in 2003, as Sameer, and also affectionately called "Chachu”. Shekhar
has been quite successful as a TV actor and host since, hosting a few
quiz shows like Movers and Shakers, Simply Shekar, The Great Indian
Comedy Show, Dial One aur Jeeto,Bid Bid Boom, He-Man, Poll Khol. In
2004, he was one of the judges of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
along with Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former cricketer. The show was a
stand-up comedy contest of its first kind on Indian television.
Recently,
he made his debut in singing, with a music album named 'Kuch Khwaab
Aise', and is now coming up his new album which is supposed to be a
melodious collection of eight love ballads whose music has been
composed by Aadesh Srivastava and lyrics is by Shyam Raj. It has
Brazilian and Kingfisher model – Bruna and the choreography, designing
and direction of the music video has been done by Rajiv Goswami and the
music is on T-Series.
Shekhar Suman married Alka Kapoor on May
4, 1984 and they have a son, Adhyayan who is all set to make it big on
silver screen. Shekhar is constructing a hospital in Patna in the late
memory of his eldest son, Aayush.
Favorites:
Actor/Actress: Amitabh Bachhan and Rani Mukherji
Cuisine: Dal Chawal, Baked and Grilled dishes, Fish, Chicken and Vegetables
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